Senior Counsel, Transactions (Capital Markets)

In this role you will act as a strategic legal partner for Circle's global capital markets initiatives, advising on complex crypto and fintech transactions and Arc's ecosystem. You'll support exchange partnerships, market makers, and institutional collaborations across a fast-moving, regulated environment. The position offers a hands-on, cross-functional experience shaping deals at the intersection of traditional finance and crypto. You will help scale legal processes and templates to accelerate commercial opportunities while managing risk.

• remote work ()
• competitive base pay
• equal opportunity employer
• supportive accommodations for disabilities

• Serve as a trusted legal partner to global deal teams for crypto exchange partnerships, market maker agreements, and institutional capital markets transactions.
• Structure, negotiate, and draft complex crypto, fintech, and capital markets agreements (exchange listings, liquidity provisions, collateral, and tokenized transactions).
• Support Arc's go-to-market with agreements with exchanges, liquidity providers, validators, and institutional partners in lending, borrowing, FX, and tokenized asset use cases.
• Develop and expand contract templates and playbooks for capital markets, increasing speed and consistency across the deal pipeline.
• Improve contracting processes, workflows, and metrics to enhance effectiveness of legal services for global capital markets teams.
• Assist business leaders with contract interpretation and management with exchanges, custodians, and other counterparties.
• Stay updated on crypto capital markets, digital assets, tokenization, and stablecoins to provide practical transactional guidance for Circle's institutional go-to-market.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage multiple initiatives and navigate regulatory, tax, and compliance implications.

• 10+ years of legal experience in capital markets, crypto, or financial services.
• 3+ years at a top-tier law firm.
• J.D. (or foreign equivalent) and bar admission in at least one U.S. state.
• Extensive experience drafting and negotiating complex crypto, fintech, and capital markets agreements (exchange, market maker, liquidity, collateral, digital asset transactions).
• Familiarity with TradFi capital markets concepts (derivatives, structured products, collateral management, market infrastructure) and their interaction with digital assets.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams on institutional partnerships focusing on capital markets, exchanges, and market makers.
• Ability to distill regulatory, tax, accounting, and other implications and align stakeholders on transactions.
• Comfort using AI tools to streamline routine tasks while maintaining strong legal judgment and risk mitigation.

• team player with a sense of humor
• commercial mindset and clear written/verbal communication
• ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure
• complex contract drafting and negotiation in crypto/fintech/capital markets
• knowledge of digital assets, tokenization, stablecoins, and blockchain infrastructure
• experience with cross-functional deal processes